Random thoughts from the sea
Day 28, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Friday, Nov. 3, 2023; Punta Arenas, Chile If I was awestruck by the site of the distant Mount Corcovado as we were leaving the Chiloé Archipelago, I don’t even have words for the experience of cruising through the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
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Day 25, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023; Castro, Chiloé Island, Chile “Yesterday it hailed.” Thus today’s guide greeted us, repeatedly saying how lucky we are to have a crisp sunny day without a cloud in the sky. Not to say the day didn’t start out
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Day 23, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023; Isla Robinsón Crusoe, Chile After sailing 416 miles west from our last port of San Antonio, Chile, we arrived at Isla Robinsón Crusoe in the Juan Fernádez Islands. It wasn’t smooth sailing. A weather system further south sent
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Day 21, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Friday, Oct. 27, 2023; San Antonio, Chile When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! We didn’t exactly get lemons today, but our tour guide gave us quite the surprise to make up for the fact that the scheduled winery was closed for
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Day 20, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023; Coquimbo, Chile We almost made it to Argentina today, or so it seemed after a long two-hour bus ride into the Elqui Valley near the northern Chilean port of Coquimbo. We traveled into what our guide called the
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Day 39, Grand World Voyage 2020 Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020; San Antonio, Chile The best thing about today was hearing my name called from the Piano Bar this evening. Ivan ran out to the hallway to great me. He just joined the ship today and already was hard at work
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Day 37, Grand World Voyage 2020 Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020; Puerto Montt, Chili Fjords I thought I had successfully fought hints of a cold by taking zinc for a couple of days. My scratchy throat improved, as did my sniffles and sneezes. Well, last night the symptoms came back with
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Day 36, Grand World Voyage 2020 Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020; Scenic Cruising Chilean Fjords I don’t usually write a blog on sea days, but we have been sailing through some incredible scenery as we work our way north from Cape Horn in South America. We alternate between sailing off the
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Day 34, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020; Punta Arenas, Chile Avoiding cold weather in the winter has one disadvantage, as I discovered today in far southern Chile. I have absolutely no need for the beautiful woolen scarves, hats and clothing that abounds here. Punta Arenas sits on
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